The who's who in Captain America 2

The who's who in Captain America 2

Don't know who the main players of Captain America: The Winter Soldier are? Here's help!

The Marvel cinematic universe continues to bound forward in exciting new directions, and while Captain America was perhaps everyone’s least favourite in the Avengers movie, this second outing gives the character a lot more meat to play with.

So in case you don’t remember every single geekily interlinked Marvel movie, here’s a quick primer telling you who you’re likely to meet at Captain America: The Winter Soldier in theatres this Friday.

Steve Rogers, Captain America

The leading man of the franchise, Captain America is a young man called Steve Rogers who was turned into a ‘supersoldier’ by American scientists during WW2.

He was frozen after the war and, as seen in the last Avengers movie, is currently struggling to modern life. He’s played by Chris Evans.

Nick Fury, director of S.H.I.E.L.D

There is only one Samuel L Jackson, and over the years he’s pretty much become the role of the eyepatched leader of the all-powerful government body the movies refer to as Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division.

He got the Avengers together, he knows all the answers -- he’s in charge, and don’t you forget it.